The ‘absorbent mind’ welcomes everything, puts its hope in everything, accepts poverty equally with wealth, adopts any religion and the prejudices and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Yes, well, principles are sometimes the problem, if you ask me,' said Miles. 'Often what's needed is a bit of common sense.'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
At a young age, I became very aware that not only did my family have to struggle but that families around the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been .… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“As she grew older, Maddy discovered that she had disappointed almost everyone. An awkward girl with a sullen mouth, a curtain of… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, for revenge to be as sweet and painful as it is intended, some time has to pass. Time enough that people… — Elizabeth Bourgeret Copy Share Image
There is still a fundamental misunderstanding, when it comes to observing that when someone is black and someone is white, then that… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politicians often like to suggest that their policies come about through objective thinking, but if you look at British fascists, for example,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
(Brazil:) I've never beheld such a paradise. The people are enchanting and--a mercy on this earth of ours--this is the only placewhere… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Another myth that is firmly upheld is that disabled people are dependent and non-disabled people are independent. No one is actually independent.… — A.J. Withers Copy Share Image
“On the deepest level, problems such as war and starvation are not solved by economics and politics alone. Their source is prejudice… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing,… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
There are those people who basically don't like those who are different. Now, that is a prejudice and it's a prejudice that's… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
A shop-keeper in good business is quite as well off as a pedlar that travels the country with his wares on his… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether its in film, TV or theatre. My dream roles already… — Roxanne McKee Copy Share Image
“The orthodox tend to think that people who, like the postmodernists and me, believe neither in God nor in some suitable substitute,… — Richard M. Rorty Copy Share Image
Someone said: "I have been prejudiced against myself from my earliest childhood: hence I find some truth in all blame and some… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation and paradox, wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, some of us are… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
“This is not a book about whether one can be good without God, because that question does not need to be answered… — Greg Epstein Copy Share Image
Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Prejudice in this country is like chapters in a book. Chapter One: Hating the Africans and Indians. Chapter Two: Don't forget the… — Emilie Richards Copy Share Image
More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Cats, even when robust, have scant liking for the boisterous society of children, and are apt to exert their utmost ingenuity to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes,… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth… — John Locke Copy Share Image
